I get that intellectually, it’s just something that didn’t really click, before. If a corporation is subject to the laws of all countries it operates within, (even when those laws contradict) are they really subject to any laws? Only applying law based on user origin does sidestep that for the most part (even though virtual ‘spaces’ like Facebook and other social media do make that kind of weird), but mixups like this make that tension more obvious.
They’re not subject to all of the laws at the same time. They’re subject to the laws that apply to each user’s country in that user’s case. If user A engages in an interaction with user B that is illegal for both parties in user B’s country but legal in user A’s country, only user B could be affected, assuming the interaction gets noticed. It’s similar to how if you shop on an online store like Amazon or Etsy, they have to charge your local taxes and not the seller’s taxes.
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I get that intellectually, it’s just something that didn’t really click, before. If a corporation is subject to the laws of all countries it operates within, (even when those laws contradict) are they really subject to any laws? Only applying law based on user origin does sidestep that for the most part (even though virtual ‘spaces’ like Facebook and other social media do make that kind of weird), but mixups like this make that tension more obvious.
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They’re not subject to all of the laws at the same time. They’re subject to the laws that apply to each user’s country in that user’s case. If user A engages in an interaction with user B that is illegal for both parties in user B’s country but legal in user A’s country, only user B could be affected, assuming the interaction gets noticed. It’s similar to how if you shop on an online store like Amazon or Etsy, they have to charge your local taxes and not the seller’s taxes.